Cinema Scene

THE UNUSUAL Thai-British documentary “Y/Our Music” attracted positive buzz when it premiered at the Busan International Film Festival last month, and it’s set for a Bangkok screening tomorrow.
The venue, also a bit unsual, is the Space Bangkok, above the 7-Eleven at Klong San Plaza, next to the Hilton Millenium Bangkok. It runs from 7 to 11.45pm. A “laid back” evening is promised, with Isaan music to follow by Mahidolwatit khaen band.
Directed by David Reeve and Waraluck Hiransrettawat Every, the documentary covers a diverse array of musicians all around Thailand, from “leftfield to rice field”.
Featuring the street musicians of the urban landscape as well as rural sounds, the aim of the documentary is to show the musical divide between country and the city, as well as the struggles of unique musicians and their uphill battles against bland mass-market music.
With post-production funds from the Busan fest’s Asian Network of Documentary and the Asian Cinema Fund, the film was made on a shoestring budget, with begged and borrowed equipment.
Find out more at www.Facebook.com/yourmusicmovie.

Opening
Along with the outer-space yarn “Interstellar” (see left), there’s the romantic comedy “Love, Rosie”, about lifelong best friends who are secretly in love with each other. It was in sneak previews and moves to a wider release.
A new Thai film is “Namo OK”, a Buddhist comedy about an amnesiac farang monk who stirs up a small town. And there’s “Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends”, the finale to the epic live-action adaptation of a popular manga about a wandering former samurai who has taken a vow to never kill again.

Also showing
The Friese-Greene Club – Still in the Halloween spirit, there are scary movies every Friday this month, beginning with Roman Polanski’s 1968 freak-out, “Rosemary’s Baby”. Great performances by Johnny Depp are screening on Saturdays. Tomorrow, it’s “Dead Man”, the deadpan neo-western by Jim Jarmusch. Sundays have more horror, only in black and white. This week has plenty of creepy kids in 1960’s “Village of the Damned”. Wednesdays offer “animation for adults”, with Disney’s “Fantasia” screening next week. And director Lawrence Kasdan is spotlighted on Thursdays. Next week’s show is “The Accidental Tourist”, starring William Hurt. Shows are at 8pm. For details, check FGC.in.th.
l Alliance Francaise – Africans from French territories who were drafted to fight in World War I are the subject of the 1983 documentary “Les Combattants Africains”. It’s in French with English subtitles at 7pm on Wednesday. For details, check AFThailande.org.

Sneak preview
“The Hundred-Foot Journey” – A quiet French village is livened up by the arrival of an Indian restauranteur (Om Puri) who aims to introduce spicy curries to the local diet. He sets up shop across the road from a Michelin-starred eatery run by the snooty Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren). Directed by Lasse Hallstrom, it’s in sneak previews from around 8 nightly at most cinemas. It opens wider next Thursday.